the meeting was held in baltimore in 1831678 the platform, as you might have guessed, was operation to secret societies like the free masons and the powers wielded in u.s. politics, real or imagined. >>> thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. stay tuned for "reliable sources." >>> we are in charlotte this morning for the democratic convention, and the horns of journalism just finished covering the republican extra extravagranda are starting to arrive. we'll look ahead to the renomination and whether the media will be as sympathetic to president obama as they were four years ago. we were scrutinize reporting on mitt romney's convention which often seemed to be about everything else but the nominee, from the tropical storm to, yes, clint eastwood. >>> plus, yahoo! firing a top executive for a crude anti-romney joke. was the punishment too harsh? >>> i'm howard kurtz, and this is a special convention edition of "reliable sources." >>> the challenge for journal t journalists here in north carolina is how to chronicle a convention that will ne